Arts and Sciences News

Dr. Stephen D. Iseman, professor of communication arts and public relations at Ohio Northern University, has been elected to the prestigious College of Fellows of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).
Iseman is one of 19 inductees this year to the College of Fellows, bringing the number... more

James C. Gallagher, a senior in physics from Medina, Ohio, is a collaborator on a research paper to be published in Physical Review, the flagship journal of the American Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics.
Gallagher was a part of the College of Wooster's National Science... more

On Nov. 12, 2008, Dr. Russ Crawford's Football in American Culture class (HIST 462) visited the Wilson Football Factory in Ada, Ohio.The students had the opportunity to see how the footballs are made, and learned that all of the NFL's balls, as well as 50 percent of Division I and 70-80 percent of... more

The first CEO (Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization) Elevator Pitch Competition involved 11 student competitors from pharmacy, engineering, arts and sciences, and business administration in idea presentations lasting 90 seconds.
Five students were selected to go to a second competition round... more

The ONU Astronomy Club, with Dr. Jason Pinkney as faculty advisor, held a viewing of the Orionid Meteor shower in October. A meteor, also called "shooting star" or "falling star," is a streak of light in the atmosphere caused when space debris pierces the Earth's atmosphere at speeds in excess of... more

ONU physics students and faculty presented posters at the 2008 Fall Meeting of the Ohio Section of American Physical Society (OSAPS) at Wright State University on Oct. 10 and 11, 2008.Andrew Mayger, a senior mathematics major from Saint Clairsville, Ohio, presented research on the National Science... more

Nine Ohio Northern University students participated in a recent exercise designed to simulate an election GIS (Geographic Information System). During the recent presidential election, most news agencies relied on similar systems that tabulate and automatically display election results. ONU's... more

Several technological studies students represented ONU at the North American DELMIA Customer Conference in Detroit on Oct. 8, 2008. Doug Vorhees, a senior from Celina, Ohio; Jacob Ryan, a senior from Hillsboro, Ohio; Scott Nemeth, a senior from Westlake, Ohio; Rob Hradek, a senior from Wooster,... more

The Football in American Culture (HIST 462) class, taught by Dr. Russ Crawford, assistant professor of history, recently traveled to the Professional Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. There, students viewed exhibits that traced the history of professional football from the National Football... more

Ohio Northern University will host a medicinal chemistry seminar Dec. 3 at 6 p.m. in the Meyer Hall of Science's annex room 105.
Tara Rheault, Ph.D., an oncology medical chemistry researcher with GlaxoSmithKline at Research Triangle Park in North Carolina, will be the speaker. Her topic is "Potent... more